Printing device.



PATENTED MAY 1 4, 1907.

3. S.-1 NUAN.

PRINTING DEVICE.

APPLIUATIOK FILED JULY 5, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

Josnrns. venom, or cnre eo, minors, .ess'ronon'ro mnnsseoomn COMPANY, OF CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOTQ.

' PRIN'HNG Device.

Specification a: Potent.

To dll whom it concern:

Be it known that 1, Joanna 8. Duncan a.

citizen of the United States, residing at cage, in the county of Cook and State of 211ihave invented new lend useiul Inc rovemcnts in Printi Devices, of which t e following isv e speci cation.

. The ohgect of this invention is to provide a, printing evicc with a removable index card which can be reedil changed to correspond alphabetically or 'otherwise'w'ith the subjectmetteron the printing device. Y

' To illustrate the invention and the manner of its use I have chosen a printing device of the type 692994 dated Feb. 11, 1902 and refercing thereto s Figure 1 is a plan view. Fig. 2, is an enlerged sectional view on the line 2- --2 of 1. Fig. 3 is a detail-view showi a modi 4 cation of the preferred construction. Fig. 4, is an enlarged sectional view on the line 4-4 of F 3.

In the swings the prin device comgrises a. printing; plate 5 whic is held in a older 6 in any suitable manner. The holder is constructed to carry a cord in the space above the printi late, the card bearing an im ression o t e type on the late, as 'descri cd in at for simplicity I have indicated tln's card by the dotted line 7. The resent invention is not in enywiee limitc to embodiment with e rinting device of the character described utis intended and designed for ennbodimentwith printing devices of verions constructions, and its ca. ebilities of such embodiment will be read understood by those skilled in the ert. n referring to a printing device herein it will be understood,

\ thcrefore thetl mean and comprehend any V upward printing device capable of use in system. 7 V

The up r edge of the device is turned over a card index or crimpe 1n the form of a bead Sfor the whole its length and an index card 9 is cut out of the device and bent support above the hooded edge 8. This supone or both of the upper corners of covered by Letters Patent No,

the patent aforesaid 130 r edge of the support is crab own to form a channel 11 to formflnngem card is held in' the index card 10 which it is esired The u turns the side edges are turned up or end stops 12. The index with its lower e formed between a head 8 and the support.

Tofecilitate the insertion and removal of;

the index card, I prefer to bevel or cut away port as shown in Fi 1, so that the card can e readily inserted m the channels formed at the to I and bottom of the support end pushe elon toits proper position. I

histecd o forming the flange 11 on the 65 support in the manner heretofore described,- I may form a flange 15 (Figs. 3, 4) at the to of the support at right angles thereto en make the side flange 16 to form channels substantially like the channel flange 11 as shown in Figs. l and 2.

The index card holder me. be located at on; position on the edge of t e printing device. Index characters or other information can be printed or otherwise applied to the index cards to adapt the printing device for use in accordance with a card index system or for other, urposes. 1 7

Without uniting myself to the exact construction and arm cment of parts hereln shown and describe what 1 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-' x

A device of the character described comprisin a. holder, insane on the holder for remova 1y securing a printing device and a. card thereon, one abovc'the other, an index 'card support stamped from the holder and extending above its 11 per ed snid edge of the device being hes. ed to cm a channel between itself and said support, and fie o at the top and ends of said support to hol a card in 9 see thereon and in said channel.

JOSEPH S. DUNCAN. Witnesses:

.plece on the support by the flanges 11 end 12 5 5 B resting inthe channel 13 I,

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